It’s off! The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission is on its way to Mars. It was sent into orbit by New Glenn, the heavy-lift launch vehicle from Blue Origin, the ...

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...

There are a few notable elements to NASA’s launch this week of a new mission to Mars, known as Escapade. There’s the matter of the Blue Origin rocket used to send the probe into space and returning ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

Blue Origin is gearing up for the second-ever launch of its powerful New Glenn rocket, which will loft NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars. The company says it has been working closely with NASA on ...

The second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company was halted by weather. The company may try again on Wednesday. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang reported on the first flight of ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut mission to Mars, while four astronauts in the ...